Matches Shipping Crate
Matches Shipping Crate
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- Description (Brief)
- This shipping crate side originally contained friction matches manufactured by the Fischer Brothers of Seattle, Washington. The crate side bears a sticker warning to keep fire away from the crate.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- crate label
- referenced business
- Fischer Bros.
- Place Made
- United States: Washington, Seattle
- Physical Description
- ink (crate label material)
- wood (substrate material)
- Measurements
- crate label: 9 1/2 in x 20 1/2 in; 24.13 cm x 52.07 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0441.304
- catalog number
- 1979.0441.304
- accession number
- 1979.0441
- Credit Line
- L.E. Leininger
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- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Crate Labels
- Agriculture
- Food
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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